VICP Registry — Searchable Index of U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Cases
An independent public index of decisions from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Source documents are compiled from public court records via GovInfo.gov. Browse cases by petitioner, alleged injury, vaccine, outcome, and award amount. Each entry links to original court documents and an AI-assisted summary. Not affiliated with HHS, VICP, or HRSA.
Filtered cases · 485 Cognitive / developmentalclear all
| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-29 | 2024-02-07 | I.H. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, PC | 6mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2016-02-08 | 2020-08-31 | Radhika Agarwal | Meredith Daniels | Conway, Homer, P.C. | 11.0y | Tdap and meningococcal | autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) with the associated bio | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $2,919,135 |
| 2016-04-04 | 2023-08-08 | B.O. | Sylvia Chin-Caplan | Law Office of Sylvia Chin-Caplan, LLC | 1.1y | pneumococcal | aggravation of pre-existing epilepsy/seizure disorder, diagn | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-04-18 | 2019-03-20 | P.L. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry, and Knickelbein | – | meningococcal | autoimmune encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $45,705 |
| 2016-04-22 | 2023-12-19 | M.P. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 1.0y | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and transverse m | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $165,949 |
| 2016-04-29 | 2018-04-05 | A.H. | Christina M. Ciampolillo | Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | influenza | cerebellitis, neuropathy, and Guillain Barré syndrome ("GBS" | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $233,692 |
| 2016-06-16 | 2019-08-16 | Z.E. | Michael G. McLaren | Black McLaren, et al., PC | – | DTaP | encephalopathy, or in the alternative, fever, seizures, spee | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2016-06-27 | 2016-05-18 | R.P. | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | DTap | motor planning disorder and sensory processing disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-06-30 | 2016-06-30 | G.R. | Andrew Donald Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | Hepatitis-B | seizures and regression of skills | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-06-30 | 2024-07-19 | E.A. | Michael G. McLaren | – | 16.0y | varicella | seizure disorder, cerebral injury, Major Neurocognitive Diso | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2016-07-20 | 2018-06-29 | A.C. | Howard Scott Gold | Gold Law Firm, LLC | – | DTaP | Mental Developmental Delay, Mixed receptive-expressive langu | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2016-07-22 | 2022-12-09 | Kaylon Tipps | John R. Howie, Jr. | Howie Law P.C. | 12.0y | Meningococcal and Tdap | meningoencephalitis | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-07-26 | 2023-11-20 | G.J.B. | Isaiah Kalinowski | Bosson Legal Group | 4.2y | Kinrix (DTaP/IPV); MMR; varice | afebrile seizures/epilepsy with stuttering, headache, altere | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-08-02 | 2024-03-28 | L.R. | Maximillian Muller | Muller Brazil, LLP | 4.0y | MMR | anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (“anti-NMDAR”) encephalit | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2016-08-12 | 2019-10-29 | L.Z. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante | 9mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-08-22 | 2016-08-22 | D.J. | William E. Cochran, Jr. | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. | – | influenza | encephalitis | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $100,000 |
| 2016-08-23 | 2016-11-29 | Ivana Phillips | pro se | – | 0mo | MMR | encephalopathy | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2017-04-06 | Ivanka Phillips | pro se | – | – | MMR vaccines administered to s | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties allegedly foll | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2017-04-06 | Aprises Phillips and Ivan Phillips, Sr. | pro se | – | 1.5y | MMR | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-27 | 2019-08-27 | A.S. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 3.3y | DTaP | neurologic neglect syndrome, expressive language disorder, u | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-09-09 | 2018-01-22 | Vera Spearman | Howard Dale Mishkind | Mishkind Law Firm Co. L.P.A. | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $200,000 |
| 2016-09-26 | 2016-09-26 | MARVIN BRADLEY KNIGHT | Jenifer M. Placzek | Placzek Winget & Placzek | – | Trivalent Influenza Vaccine | Tremors; Slurred Speech; Confusion; Loss of Motor Skills; At | dismissed | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2016-09-27 | 2016-09-27 | A.K. | Carol L. Gallagher | Carol L. Gallagher, Esquire, LLC | – | MMR | gastrointestinal problems, including celiac disease/immune s | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-10-25 | 2016-10-25 | H.G.G. | Michael A. Firestone | – | – | DTaP | pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), autoimmune | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2016-10-26 | 2017-09-26 | T.G. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington Univ. Law School | – | Influenza | various behavioral problems | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-10-27 | 2016-10-27 | J.T. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | DTaP | encephalopathy, language and other developmental impairments | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-10-31 | 2017-10-31 | A.M. | pro se | – | – | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder (ASD); skin rashes; gliosis; seizur | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-11-09 | 2017-09-18 | A.N. | pro se | – | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-11-09 | 2022-07-19 | Tamara Chavez, Parent of T.C. | Patricia Finn | Patricia Finn, P.C. | 2mo | Pediarix (DTaP, hepatitis B, I | early infantile epilepsy/epileptic encephalopathy, intractab | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-11-14 | 2025-05-27 | Ebonie Weaver | Edward Kraus | Kraus Law Group, LLC | 9mo | DTaP; Hib; IPV; RotaTeq; hepat | seizure disorder and significant worsening of preexisting de | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,626,851 |
| 2016-11-15 | 2026-02-10 | N.S. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm LLC | 9mo | Hib | infantile spasms and related seizures and neurodevelopmental | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2016-12-01 | 2016-12-01 | Beverly Sharifipour | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $413,422 |
| 2016-12-07 | 2017-06-16 | C.B. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | DTaP | infantile spasms (or West Syndrome) and developmental delay | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-12-29 | 2022-07-07 | B.P. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway Homer, P.C. | 2.0y | Hepatitis A | pediatric arterial ischemic stroke due to an inflammatory fo | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-01-06 | 2017-01-06 | K.A. | Robert J. Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | DTaP, Hepatitis B, Poliovirus, | developmental delay and related injuries and a Table encepha | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2017-01-09 | 2018-10-12 | BMA | Despite my concerns, Robert J. Krakow | at the conclusion of the conference | 1.0y | influenza | demyelinating brain injury, nerve damage, trigeminal neuralg | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-01-30 | 2023-12-15 | S.H. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4mo | Pediarix (DTaP-hepatitis B-IPV | seizures leading to epilepsy | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-02-01 | 2023-07-28 | K.E.L. | Robert D. Trzynka | Hovland, Rasmus, Brendtro & Trzynka, Prof. LLC | 7mo | DTaP | epileptic spasms, global developmental delay, acquired micro | denied | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2017-02-08 | 2018-12-19 | Y.M.B. | Anne Carrion Toale | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | – | DTaP | encephalopathy | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $1,318,403 |
| 2017-02-09 | 2020-01-09 | A.W. | Timothy M. Kotfila | Kotfila & Jordan | 1.5y | influenza | ADEM or viral encephalitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-02-17 | 2023-10-27 | A.F.M. | Rick Alan Cory | Danks & Danks | 6mo | DTaP | epilepsy and epileptic encephalopathy | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-02-21 | 2020-09-01 | Payton Bergin | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | HPV | episodes of inability to walk and talk, short term memory lo | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-03-03 | 2021-11-29 | B.B. | Isaiah R. Kalinowski | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | 9mo | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) and/or neuromy | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $443,984 |
| 2017-03-09 | 2019-11-22 | D.R.-O. | Dennis W. Potts | Dennis W. Potts, Esq. | – | DTaP | seizure disorder and other injuries | compensated | – | $17,934 |
| 2017-03-21 | 2021-07-23 | L.K.B. | pro se | – | – | Hepatitis B | complex-partial seizure disorder and mental developmental de | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2017-03-28 | 2018-04-27 | E.L. | Christina M. Ciampolillo | Conway Homer, P.C. | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $130,000 |
| 2017-04-07 | 2018-04-12 | P.C.M. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | MMR | encephalitis and/or encephalopathy, developmental regression | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-06-06 | 2022-03-25 | J.M.G. | David P. Murphy | – | 5mo | hepatitis B, DTaP, rotavirus, | macrocephaly secondary to enlarged extra-axial cerebral spin | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-07-05 | 2021-11-23 | Christine Midnight | Mark T. Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | MMR, Tdap, varicella | encephalitis, speech-regression, blurred vision, and reduced | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-07-06 | 2018-08-03 | D.S.G. | pro se | – | 3.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-07-30 | 2021-12-03 | D.C. | Michael A. Firestone | Marvin Firestone, MD, JD, & Assoc. | 2.1y | influenza | autoimmune epilepsy, plus a number of secondary symptoms (an | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-08-27 | 2019-07-31 | K.G. | John P. Valente, III | The Valente Law Group | 5mo | varicella | disseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral disease | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $955,276 |
| 2017-09-21 | 2025-11-12 | Tyler Hervey | Lisa Roquemore | Law Office of Lisa A. Roquemore | 8.0y | live attenuated influenza vacc | acute cerebellitis / encephalitis-like neurologic injury | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2017-09-25 | 2021-09-09 | L.T. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | DTaP | hypotonic failure to thrive and developmental delay | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-09-27 | 2018-10-26 | Conor Brennan | Jessica A. Wallace | Siri & Glimstad LLP | – | HPV | immune mediated encephalopathy and/or autoimmune encephaliti | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-10-03 | 2019-07-03 | J.J.N. | pro se | – | 1.2y | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-10-05 | 2018-10-10 | R.G. | pro se | – | – | – | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-10-20 | 2019-07-15 | H.B. | Joseph P. Shannon | Shannon Law Group, P.C. | 8.0y | FluMist | encephalopathy and resulting developmental delays | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-11-01 | 2017-11-01 | SCARLETT OCHOAdeath | Douglas Lee Burdette | Burdette Law, PLLC | – | Pediarix | anaphylaxis, anaphylactic shock, and acute encephalopathy | compensated | – | – |
| 2017-11-06 | 2022-03-17 | K.B.H. | Nancy Meyers | Turning Point Litigation | – | Gardasil HPV | dysautonomia, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POT | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2017-11-27 | 2023-11-27 | A.J.K. | Edward Kraus | Kraus Law Group, LLC | 1.0y | MMR | posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy or stroke, seizure | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-11-27 | 2025-09-02 | T.B.D. | Armond Marcarian | Marcarian Law Firm, P.C. | 2mo | Pentacel (DTaP/IPV/Hib), hepat | acute/chronic encephalopathy; hypersensitivity myocarditis; | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-12-01 | 2022-03-15 | Lauren Wilkins | David C. Richards | Christensen & Jensen, P.C. | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $136,802 |
| 2017-12-15 | 2018-12-13 | A.C. | J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | 6mo | unspecified | infantile seizure disorder | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2017-12-20 | 2019-04-09 | J.B. | Jeffrey A. Golvash | Brennan, Robins & Daley, P.C. | – | DTaP | febrile seizures and/or encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $50,864 |
| 2017-12-26 | 2019-02-26 | H.G. | pro se | – | 6mo | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2018-02-05 | 2023-10-31 | A.S. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | DTaP; hepatitis B; IPV; Hib; P | Kawasaki disease, encephalopathy, and seizure disorder alleg | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $15,000 |
| 2018-02-27 | 2024-10-01 | L.S. | Scott B. Taylor | Urban & Taylor, S.C. | 6.0y | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-03-01 | 2018-03-01 | E.A.L. | pro se | – | – | DPT | autism | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2018-03-09 | 2022-03-29 | Jacob Booth | Bridget C. McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | influenza | transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2018-03-23 | 2022-08-31 | C.C. | Leigh Finfer | Muller Brazil, LLP | 4.5y | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2018-03-23 | 2024-03-25 | A.V. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 6mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-04-04 | 2023-08-03 | C.G. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm | 8.0y | varicella | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-04-06 | 2021-03-04 | P.L. | Mark Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 3mo | DTaP | encephalopathy and seizure disorder | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2018-04-25 | 2019-08-02 | A.M. | Mark T. Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 1.5y | MMRV | Table Encephalopathy | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2018-06-26 | 2019-03-18 | I.S. | Mark Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | – | pneumococcal conjugate | seizures and an encephalopathy | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2018-07-11 | 2025-04-25 | LUKAS BUNDONIS | Kathleen Margaret Loucks | Lommen Abdo Law Firm | – | Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B | autoimmune encephalitis | compensated | – | $144,278 |
| 2018-07-30 | 2022-06-27 | M.A.M. | Forrest E. Jackson, Delay Forrest E. Jackson | Jackson Law Firm, PLLC | – | DTaP | seizures and/or developmental delay | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2018-08-14 | 2020-06-24 | M.G.M. | Patricia A. Finn | Patricia Finn | – | DTaP | neurologic injury, evidenced by her seizures and causing her | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2018-09-06 | 2024-02-20 | A.P. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb Attorney at Law | 4.0y | MMR | Pediatric Acute Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2018-10-04 | 2024-02-27 | K.S.J., Jr. | R. Christopher Irwin, III, Julius Vincent Cook | Cook & Tolley LLP; Cook & Tolley, LLP | 1.1y | MMR | biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease (BTRBGD) tr | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,616,572 |
| 2018-10-19 | 2025-02-21 | A.G.C. | Ramon Rodriguez | Siri & Glimstad LLP | 5.8y | influenza | seizure disorder | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2018-10-25 | 2018-10-25 | S.T. | William Cochran, Jr. | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffe, P.C. | – | DTaP | epilepsy, seizures, developmental regression and delay, and | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2019-01-11 | 2020-10-21 | S.C. | Michael A. London | Douglas & London, P.C. | 2mo | DTaP; hepatitis B; rotavirus; | alleged vaccine reactions, reflux/GI issues, rash, seizures/ | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-01-16 | 2025-06-24 | R.D. | Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Mctlaw | – | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $95,000 |
| 2019-01-23 | 2021-11-03 | Steven E. Ovenden | Thomas W. Costello | Costello, Valente & Gentry | – | influenza | encephalitis and cerebral venous thrombosis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $65,000 |
| 2019-02-07 | 2022-10-19 | ZJ | Andrew D. Downing | Downing, Allison & Jorgenson | – | Pediarix | encephalopathy | compensated | – | $47,433 |
| 2019-02-12 | 2025-05-14 | WCF | Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV | Ragsdale LLC | 9mo | hepatitis A | anti-NMDAR encephalitis | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2019-02-14 | 2019-02-14 | A.R.K. | Yuri Jelokov | Farrish Johnson Law Office | 1.2y | Pentacel | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-02-28 | 2024-08-08 | K.M. | Brian L. Cinelli | Schiffmacher Cinelli Adoff LLP | 1.0y | Hib | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-03-26 | 2020-02-21 | O.S.S. | pro se | – | 1.0y | pneumococcal | expressive developmental delay | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-04-03 | 2020-06-16 | I.N. | Bruce W. Slane | Law Office of Bruce W. Slane, P.C. | – | MMRV | non-epileptic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, general seizu | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-04-17 | 2020-06-12 | E.B.G. | Milton Clay Ragsdale | Ragsdale LLC | – | meningococcal | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-04-17 | 2021-06-10 | J.H.S. | Brian Cinelli | Marcus & Cinelli, LLP | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2019-04-26 | 2019-04-26 | C.T. | pro se | – | 0mo | Hepatitis B | status epilepticus, a seizure disorder, encephalopathy, ence | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2019-05-02 | 2020-10-07 | E.H. | Shealene Priscilla Mancuso | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | Tdap | encephalopathy | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-05-28 | 2024-07-30 | S.D. | Bridget Candace McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-05-30 | 2025-05-07 | J.H. | Anne Toale | Mctlaw | – | MMRV/DTaP | Table encephalopathy, or alternatively, an off-Table injury | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | – | – |
| 2019-07-05 | 2022-04-26 | K.A. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | 1.1y | varicella, MMR, hepatitis A, H | encephalopathy, encephalitis, and audio neuropathy | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-07-08 | 2020-02-10 | D.A.N.B. | pro se | – | 1.2y | childhood vaccine series inclu | torticollis, global development delay, and autism spectrum d | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |